“A kiss is just a kiss”. So goes the famous song. But a kiss is more than just a meeting of the lips. As time goes by. A kiss is risky. A kiss is dangerous. A kiss is a death sentence.
Deconstructing one of the most intimate human gestures - a kiss, as the title suggests - is never just a kiss. Set within a landscape of red theatre chairs and accompanied by live sound, two performers move between visibility and erasure, exposing the fragile boundaries between human and the object. Through fragmented movement and shifting perspectives, the performance explores the politics of touch, the mechanics of intimacy, and the violence hidden within tenderness. When the bodies finally meet, the act of kissing becomes both connection and confinement — a moment of beauty that carries the weight of extinction.
- Concept and choreography
- Kristina Aleksova
- Devised and performed by
- Kristina Aleksova, Loup Abramovici, Tomaž Grom
- Music
- Tomaž Grom
- Light design
- Špela Škulj
- Producer
- Špela Trošt
- Production
- Via Negativa
The performance was conceived in the VN Lab, the Via Negativa laboratory for performance art, and on the PARL 2021 platform.
Showings
- 12-01-2022 Španski borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana
- 24-02-2023 Gibanica – The Biennial of Contemporary Dance Arts in Slovenia, Ljubljana
- 03-02-2023 Hangar Teatri, Trieste
- 30-01-2023 Španski borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana
- 29-01-2023 Španski borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana
- 04-04-2022 Španski borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana
- 08-03-2023 Španski borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana
- 10-02-2023 Španski borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana
- 12-02-2023 Španski borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana
- 13-02-2023 Španski borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana
- 13-01-2023 Španski borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana
- 30-01-2023 Španski borci Culture Centre, Ljubljana